Re: [ha-Safran] Books are not dead!

As a librarian, reviewer, and grandmother, I wholeheartedly agree that print books are alive and well. Story time, whether the audience consists of preschoolers, fifth graders, or young grandchildren, is much more meaningful and fun when "real"'books are shared. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr

Re: [ha-Safran] book on Tzeddakah

The Very Best for a Penny by Dina Herman Rosenfeld, published by Kehot Publication Society in 1984. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 14, 2016, at 6:13 PM, E Cohen wrote: > > One of the faculty requested a book "Best things to do with a penny" > > does anyone know about

Re: [ha-Safran] Storybooks by parsha for the HaSafran list serve

There are so many, but off the top of my head I think of Noah and the Rainbow by Shoshana Lepon (Judaica Press) and The Little Greats series (Kind Little Rivka and others) by Dina Rosenfeld (Hachai Publications). Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 4, 2016, at 1:56 PM, Kelly Cohen

Re: [ha-Safran] Another goodbye

I share your mixed emotions. It was almost two years ago (where has the time gone?) that the school where I worked for 24 years moved to a location that had no space for a library--and no need for a librarian. After packing thousands of books, hoping these treasures would someday be again used

Re: [ha-Safran] 160th Anniversary of Eliezer Ben Yehuda, the father of modern Hebrew

An auspicious day! כ״א טבת is also my birthday (Hebrew and English on the same day this year). Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 7, 2018, at 5:48 PM, Jacob Richman wrote: > > Hi Everyone! > > Tomorrow, the 21st of Tevet, is the 160th Anniversary of Eliezer Ben Yehuda, > the

[ha-Safran] Video or slideshow production program

My daughter needs help. She has been planning on making a video presentation featuring her son for his upshernish (3-year-old haircutting ceremony). She’s been working for weeks taking pictures and recording her oldest son narrating the story. Unfortunately, the program someone recommended is

Re: [ha-Safran] Good News!

מזל טוב! Have much nachas from the new baby and his sister. Basya Karp Sent from my iPhone > On May 6, 2019, at 8:59 AM, rita saccal via Hasafran > wrote: > > Mazal tov Dina > > Rita Saccal > > > On Monday, May 6, 2019, 8:44:02 AM GMT-3, Yeshaya via Hasafran > wrote: > > > Mazel

Re: [ha-Safran] Leah Adler

Hamakom eschem b’soch shaar aveilim tziyon v’Yerushalayim. We have lost a special member of our profession and our people. May Hashem comfort her family and may we see the coming of Mashiach now. Sent from my iPhone > On May 5, 2019, at 12:04 PM, Paul Glassman via Hasafran > wrote: > > Dear

Re: [ha-Safran] UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE IN A PUBLIC LIBRARY DEPT.

I, too, am a retired librarian (whose official career ended because my position was eliminated). I remember a high school student came into my school library with a request. She needed a novel and related nonfiction (to determine the realism of the fictional portrayal of the subject) for a term

Re: [ha-Safran] Fw: The Librarian

Hilarious! It reminds me of how books were often classified before Dewey, by size. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 1, 2020, at 1:17 AM, Fruma Mohrer via Hasafran > wrote: > >  > Lisa, Thanks for posting! I posted this on Facebook a few weeks ago and had > very few 'takers' but this is just

Re: [ha-Safran] Supporting Orthodox Jewish communities in a public library

As an Orthodox (retired) librarian who frequents our local library branch, I think religious patrons would appreciate: Books on subjects relating to many aspects of a religious lifestyle in addition to holidays (prayer, interpersonal and family relationships, Biblical themes and people,